Grass fires depending on fuel type can burn in excess of 1800 degrees F. What types of fuels were burning around your guy wires? Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net _________________________________
Trylon does the same thing. The sections overlap about 5 inches. They give you a mast that bolts inside to give the true height of the tower. The T-600 is made up of 8 - 8 ft sections so the actual h
The top flat sections are only 8 ft tall if my memory serves me. So you might be down to 95 ft HI! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net _______________________________________________ _______________
I would love to hear from a concrete engineer type if not using rebar is good idea or not. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net _______________________________________________ _______________________
Make sure you transition to EHS at the bottom for security/vandalism. Philly will burn so if there is any chance of a grass fire around your tower you will want to keep the Philly off the ground and
Don't believe manufacturer claimed specs. K7LXC has a tribander guide that you might want to get. Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com ________________
Mike W0MU On 3/28/2013 3:24 PM, John Hudson wrote: Question #1 - I have a TX-455 with a 4 element Steppir 140' from the shack and I'm installing a 43' vertical but the spot I want to plant it is abo
A great use for a drone. Mike W0MU Now, to put a wrench and soldering iron on the thing... Mike K9MK --Original Message-- From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David
How about a crank up mast Like US Tower 55 footer or an AN Wireless self supporting tower? Maybe you have major issues with digging holes etc. The older I get the more and more I wished I had purchas
I am not sure how this got on Towertalk but the discussion started on CQ-Contest and should probably continue there as this discussion has nothing to do with towers or antennas. On 10/24/2013 2:14 PM
http://k4kio.com/index.html Used this version at J6M. It was simple to put up. Looks like a big clothes line hanger. Light and worked very well. Mike W0MU On 3/23/2014 12:33 PM, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
I am not a fan of 25g. It is a pain to climb and spend much time on. I have moved on to freestanding towers and as I am nearing 50 even climbing freestanding big towers is not very interesting. I wis
Join the SteppIR Yahoo Group. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SteppIR/info Have you tried adjusting the driven element with the create modify option? Do you have other antennas close by like a 40
We sell lots of stuff on eBay and we offer a 14 day money back guarantee on everything. A buyer can ding us without even bothering to contact us about a problem. A buyer can say great seller, and giv
Jim, You make valid points that I agree with. My comments should have been more clear. Those that review items that they have never owned or used enough to make a reasonable opinion or low. Carry on.
The top one. There is very little chance that you can line the two bearings up perfectly. I don't think you want to tighten the lower bearing. I don't think you need the lower bearing. The bearing pl
Good point Ed! Mike W0MU Ed W0YK On 4/10/2014 2:46 PM, Mike Fahmie wrote: I'm about to raise a 72' US Tower equipped with a pair of TB2US thrust bearings spaced about 3'. I'll be using a TailTwister2
Looks normal to me. Mike W0MU On 4/11/2014 9:19 AM, Wayne Kline wrote: Hi George Watching the WX vain and anemometer. MY personal opinion is it's just the Axial twist of the three tubes . coupled wit
When I was in Montana, I had an ungrounded XM240 and every time a storm would brew up you could hear the sprarking between the element and the boom in person and obviously on the radio. At night you
I don't believe that there was any change to the swr curve or FB. I believe that one of the Cushcraft Engineers said that grounding the Reflector was ok. It might have been by someone who modeled it.